Multi-Chamber Serving Container
1st century BCE
Physical Qualities
Earthenware with white slip, 7 H x 18.4 Diam. cm. (2 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Given in Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Liu Hsien-pu
Object Number
2016.49
This type of vessel has been identified as a "seasoning or dried fruit container." Plum stones were found in a similar vessel from Xicun, an archaeological site in Guangzhou.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2016; private collection, Honolulu; purchased c. 1987, Guangzhou
Collection installation, "Asia. Tombs across China: Han Dynasty & Later," Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
On View: Levy Gallery 2, Case 06/B
